Want to help!

I am thinking i should start on some armour.

Acutally whats been done so far equiptment wise? I dont quite know the limitations that the engine can handle, but i would love to model props and miscelanious items. Start to populate towns with crates, pots etc

what do ya think?

Thanks Suade. Will give alexanderb a pm if i can .

I am really impressed with this project!

Righto, heres a base mesh for Holismods Armoury. Once i get it into zbrush, i'll sculpt a thatched roof, and brick bottom in keeping with the original. I also want to add as much detail as possible like rivets, cuts, holes, grime and stuff. I will also do a custom sign hanging from the beams, and another custom shield above the door. 

Hope i am not going over the top! haha

Hiya 

Um right now its a maya file. Wouldnt know how to export it out to a file thats compatible - was hoping you guys could help me out on that one.

I could make it for both. I was just gonna retopo it once i am finished and then i can see who wants it. 

What you think?

Heres an update on Holismods Armoury.

This is for anyone who has had some experience with making the seamless interior pieces for oblivion or skyrim.

I have extracted the moldcave interior pieces from morrowind and i am about to start to resculpt them hi-res. Problem is trying to match the edges so when they snap together in the editor they are seamless. I tossed about the idea of off-setting textures but that wouldnt work. I I also had the idea of setting up the pieces side by side and matching each one up manually. But thats a bit convoluted. The interior of houses would be easy enough, but places like caves are a bit tricky.

Anyone with modelling knowledge who's done this before? How the hell do the game devs do it? would love to get started so i can give em to you guys to start re-making all the dungeons!

Daym. I have been talking to clint and he said that Eloth might be able to help. 

Righto more images. Did a quick test to see whether or not i could get wood looking ok. Turned out ok-ish. Wont really know i suppose until we get it ingame right?? 

It will need a proper AO map, and a cavity to pop the details. A well as some moss and lichen. 

Crit most welcome.

haha i totally forgot to give a screen of what i am remaking! The nearest house is the model that i extracted and added to. Its the armory in caldera - hence Holismods Armory.

As i mentioned earlier, this is just a test model to see what the workflow is like: modeling, texturing, and bringing it into the game.

@ Tyrocine: I am a newbie myself, but Its good to have another on board with the interiors! and i definitely agree with the lighting. From a CG point of view, lighting is what makes your textures pop and shine. But in saying that, the lighting is useless without proper, good textures.

I have this plan (a BIG plan at that) to bring the low poly items from morrowind through Zbrush, and make hi-res, hi-poly, Skyrim (or skywind) ready objects. It does mean custom sculpting every item, but in my opinion the end result far exceeds the time spent.

This doesnt mean replacing things items that are easily translatable (like crates, food items, miscellany), but resculpt and re-design interior tilesets, exterior buildings, etc etc. Alot of the crowd working on this project (as far as i know) is just re-texturing the low poly assets from oblivion or skyrim. Not very many people are creating assets from scratch. 

Continuity is also a big thing. Skyrim looks great because the evironment and the objects within it, fit. They have the same artistic style. The same can be said about oblivion and morrowind.

I would love to get a group of us together who will purely be the go-to-guys for modelling. We could slowly rebuild morrowind from the inside out. I am lucky enough to live in the capital of NZ. And because i also go to university there and Weta being so close, alot of the guys from Weta come in and teach us stuff. I was lucky enough to get tutored by Scott Spencer on Zbrush and boy does that guy know his shit!

Of course i am only new here and i dont really want to make a mess of anthing anyone has started already. And i dont even know if there is a group of modellers already (I do know of alexanderb and Eloth - still gotta pm them), but it would be cool to start one of not. Heck i could even do some tutorials on the Maya to Zbrush workflow if anyone is stuck. And once i geto some building into Skyrim i could do some tuts for that.

@Sjors: Hiya. Those models look sweet! Any chance you could get your hands on ZBrush or mudbox? Would be awesome to give those some textures.

And yeah thats how i would go about it too if i were straight up modelling in maya. But as you already figured out i want to bring it into Zbrush to detail and its gonna be a biatch to match up the edges.